Vision 21: Transforming Victim Services Final Report
(May 2013)
OVC, Report, 60 pages, NCJ 239957.
The Vision 21: Transforming Victim Services initiative was launched by OVC in fall 2010 to expand the vision and impact of the crime victim assistance field. This Final Report provides a set of findings and broad recommendations, informed by stakeholder forums and literature reviews, that form a framework for strategic, transformative change. The Final Report outlines ways the field can overcome the obstacles it faces and change how it meets victims' needs and addresses those who perpetrate crime.
Abstract
| PDF (Full Report) | PDF (Summary & Recommendations) | PDF (At a Glance Fact Sheet)

Providing Services to Victims Viewing a Trial at Multiple Locations
(September 2006)
OVC, 20 pages, NCJ 212293.
To help victims and survivors of mass violence and terrorism, some courts have ordered the closed-circuit transmission of trial proceedings to multiple locations so that victims may more easily participate in the trial process. This e-pub presents a protocol for providing standardized quality services in a safe haven environment to victims during the trial, sentencing, and other court proceedings of those involved in crimes of mass violence and terrorism.
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Responding to Victims of Terrorism and Mass Violence Crimes: Coordination and Collaboration Between American Red Cross Workers and Crime Victim Service Providers
(September 2005)
OVC, 19 pages, NCJ 209681.
This booklet, jointly published by OVC and the American Red Cross (ARC), provides information on how ARC staff and volunteers can better assist victims of terrorism and mass violence crimes. It focuses on victims’ rights and needs, OVC resources, victim compensation and assistance, and key differences between the needs of victims of crime and victims of natural disasters.
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OJP Publications

Multiple Perspectives on Battered Mothers and their Children Fleeing to the United States for Safety: A Study of Hague Convention Cases
(December 2010)
NIJ-Sponsored, Grant, 405 pages, NCJ 232624.
This report focuses on the situations of
women who experienced abuse in another country and came to the United States in an effort to
protect themselves and their children, but who then faced civil actions in U.S. state or federal
courts for child abduction under international legal agreements.
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International Victimology Web SiteThis site offers resources about improving justice for victims of crime and the abuse of power. The site includes links to several victimology databases and to other victimology resources on the Internet.

International Women's Rights Center "La Strada"The primary goal of the La Strada Association is to improve the position of women and to promote their universal rights, including the right to choose to emigrate and work abroad and to be protected from violence and abuse.

Terre des hommes FoundationThe mission of Terre des hommes (Tdh) has been to come to the aid of children to defend their rights in times of war or natural catastrophe or in times of distress.

Women's Refugee CommissionThe Women's Refugee Commission advocates vigorously for laws, policies and programs to improve the lives and protect the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, children and young people, including those seeking asylum.

Vision 21: Transforming Victim Services Final Report
(May 2013)
OVC, Report, 60 pages, NCJ 239957.
The Vision 21: Transforming Victim Services initiative was launched by OVC in fall 2010 to expand the vision and impact of the crime victim assistance field. This Final Report provides a set of findings and broad recommendations, informed by stakeholder forums and literature reviews, that form a framework for strategic, transformative change. The Final Report outlines ways the field can overcome the obstacles it faces and change how it meets victims' needs and addresses those who perpetrate crime.
Abstract
| PDF (Full Report) | PDF (Summary & Recommendations) | PDF (At a Glance Fact Sheet)

Providing Services to Victims Viewing a Trial at Multiple Locations
(September 2006)
OVC, 20 pages, NCJ 212293.
To help victims and survivors of mass violence and terrorism, some courts have ordered the closed-circuit transmission of trial proceedings to multiple locations so that victims may more easily participate in the trial process. This e-pub presents a protocol for providing standardized quality services in a safe haven environment to victims during the trial, sentencing, and other court proceedings of those involved in crimes of mass violence and terrorism.
Abstract
| HTML

Responding to Victims of Terrorism and Mass Violence Crimes: Coordination and Collaboration Between American Red Cross Workers and Crime Victim Service Providers
(September 2005)
OVC, 19 pages, NCJ 209681.
This booklet, jointly published by OVC and the American Red Cross (ARC), provides information on how ARC staff and volunteers can better assist victims of terrorism and mass violence crimes. It focuses on victims’ rights and needs, OVC resources, victim compensation and assistance, and key differences between the needs of victims of crime and victims of natural disasters.
Abstract
| PDF | HTML

OJP Publications

Multiple Perspectives on Battered Mothers and their Children Fleeing to the United States for Safety: A Study of Hague Convention Cases
(December 2010)
NIJ-Sponsored, Grant, 405 pages, NCJ 232624.
This report focuses on the situations of
women who experienced abuse in another country and came to the United States in an effort to
protect themselves and their children, but who then faced civil actions in U.S. state or federal
courts for child abduction under international legal agreements.
Abstract
| PDF

International Victimology Web SiteThis site offers resources about improving justice for victims of crime and the abuse of power. The site includes links to several victimology databases and to other victimology resources on the Internet.

International Women's Rights Center "La Strada"The primary goal of the La Strada Association is to improve the position of women and to promote their universal rights, including the right to choose to emigrate and work abroad and to be protected from violence and abuse.

Terre des hommes FoundationThe mission of Terre des hommes (Tdh) has been to come to the aid of children to defend their rights in times of war or natural catastrophe or in times of distress.

Women's Refugee CommissionThe Women's Refugee Commission advocates vigorously for laws, policies and programs to improve the lives and protect the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, children and young people, including those seeking asylum.